That cake is spectacular! It reminds me that I really need to find a space for my Tudor house collection.

I wanted to let you know I started a new blog called 'The Queens Table' on blogspot. It is a food/health/social justice blog. But I thought you might want to look at it because I have used and played with paintings and artwork, from the Old Masters to the Pre-Raphaelites on this new blog. Check out the page tabs on the top as there is artwork in each of them! http://thequeenstable.blogspot.com/

I've come across your blog several times over the years, and it's always been interesting, always memorable. Recently,though, it's been FASCINATING, and I've just spent the last several DAYS going backwards through your entries in all my spare time. I'm so impressed with your knowledge and passion for all things PRB, and that you're not snobby about the millions of knock-off items out there. You're always so happy that someone else has fallen in love with your boys too. This morning I woke up and started reading again where I'd left off last night, and what a coincidence, the first post I read was about Rosetti's Claret day! I agree with the original blogger's idea about buying a bottle of the stuff and meditating on the virtues of the Petrarchan sonnet. So much classier than the usual tradition of getting tanked on Coronas and listening to bad Mariachi music. In any case, I'm off to BevMo. But I digress! I adore your blog and the wealth of knowledge, beauty and humor contained therein. I don't know how far back it goes, but I'm back to 2008 now and intend to keep going as far as it takes me. Thank you for such a wonderful creation!

The Beautiful Necessity

This blog is devoted to all things Pre-Raphaelite and Arts & Crafts. The two movements began during the Victorian era, and celebrated a return to the aesthetics and simplicity of medieval times, as well as the romance of nature and chivalry.

The central tenets of the two movements are still very important today, perhaps even more so.